Green county among seven chosen for evacuation study
Green county is selected as one of seven southern Wisconsin counties for an initial state civil defense evacuation study led by Col. E. Dee Ingold. The group will assess how to move residents from cities quickly with help from the health board aeronautics Red Cross army and telephone officials. Local officials have no word of the plan.
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Green County
Wisconsin
E. Dee Ingold
State Adjutant General's Office
Green
Dane
Rock
Dodge
Jefferson
Sauk
Columbia
Board of Health, Aeronautics Commission
Red Cross
Army
Benjamin H. Brunkow
Arthur C. Benkett
Fred Fuetz
Tibet Appeals to United Nations for Aid
Reliable sources report that Tibet appealed directly to the United Nations for aid and intervention against invading China. The message, dated November 8, was reportedly sent from Lhasa through an unknown channel as China’s forces reportedly captured Chamdo.
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New Delhi
Tibet
United Nations
U. N
Imalayan
Foreign Ministry
India
Lhasa
Red
Chamdo
Nephew of Capone Found Dead in Room
A well educated heir of the Capone family Ralph Capone Jr. 33 was found dead in a one room apartment where he lived under an assumed name. Police say he died of natural causes. He had worked as a bartender near the Tradewinds restaurant on the near north side. A half filled bottle of scotch and a box of cold pills labeled to warn against whisky use were found at the scene.
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Chicago
Capone
Ralph Capone Jr
Ralph
Bottles) Capone
Scarface al Capone
Ralph Jr
Marshall proposes Anna Rosenberg as assistant secretary of defense
Secretary of Defense Marshall recommends Mrs Anna M Rosenberg of New York for assistant secretary of defense, the highest post for a woman in the military branch. She has held senior posts since 1935 and would succeed Paul H Griffith after Truman reshuffled leadership. Born in Budapest, she came to the United States in 1912 and naturalized in 1919.
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Washington
Anna M. Rosenberg
New York
Defense Marshall
NRA
Social Security Administration
War Manpower Commission
Budapest
Hungary
United States
Cadiz township farmer Herman Falk 80 dies after illness
Herman Falk eighty former Cadiz township farmer died in Clarno at his daughter's home after a period of illness. Born in Germany September 16 1870 he immigrated at eleven and married August a Mauermann March 28 1895 in Sylvester township. Survived by five sons three daughters twenty eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren funeral services Monday at 2 pm arranged by Stuessy funeral home Monroe.
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Herman Falk
Cadiz Township
Ervin Matzke
Clarno
Germany
Augusta Mauermann
Sylvester
Cadiz
Cream Ridge
Herbert
Zion
All
Clarence
Monroe
Elmer
Kenosha
Arnold
Ralph
Freeport
Mmes
Dewey Goodman
Browntown
Ole Berg
Argyle
Stuessy Funeral Home
California City Braces as Fire Rages Through Homes
Fire swept through a California City as 50 mph winds fanned the flames. Police reported hundreds of homes burning at one point, residents used garden hoses on roofs, dawn revealed only one complete loss with several more damaged and a two mile wide strip burned.
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San Bernardino
Kingsland Macy Defeated In Islip Election by 126 Votes
Official canvass shows U. S. Rep. W Kingsland Macy a Suffolk County Republican leader defeated by Democrat Liberal Ernest Greenwood. Greenwood 76374 Macy 76248, result announced after tallying ballots Tuesday.
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Islip
N. Y
U. S
W. Kingsland Macy
Suffolk County
Hanley
Ernest Grenwood
Greenwood
Macy
Crowded Slate Set for Meeting Of County Board
The Green County board of supervisors will meet at 10 a m in the circuit court room for the November session with 28 precincts represented from 16 townships, six villages and two cities. Budget hearing set for 2 p m Wednesday Nov 15 and a hearing on a proposed county home and home for aged on Friday Nov 16. County officials and local citizens will discuss locations and salaries amid expected debate over pay increases.
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County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Brodhead
Monroe
Citizens Committee
Highway 81
Green County
Green County Normal School Board
Miss Pearl Engebretson
H. V. Hartman
J. R. Schesser
Albany
Normal School Board
Highway Committee
Edward Bidlingmaier
Adams
Ray Grady
Exeter
William Spring
Monticello
Percy Lichtenwalner
Clarno Township
Veteran County Board
Faulkner and Russell Win Nobel Prizes
American novelist William Faulkner and British philosopher Bertrand Russell were named Nobel Prize in Literature winners for 1949 and 1950. Faulkner, of Oxford Mississippi, was chosen for 1949 with the award held last fall. Russell, 78, received the 1950 prize as a famed moralist. The honors will be presented by King Gustaf VI Adolf as the Nobel Foundation marks its 50th anniversary on December 10. Prize money totals 31 715 dollars this year, up from 30 007 dollars the previous year. Faulkner becomes the fourth American laureate after Sinclair Lewis Pearl Buck and Eugene ONeill.
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Stockholm
William Faulkner
Bertrand Russell
Swedish Academy
Faulkner
Oxford
Miss
Russell
Gustaf VI
Nobel Foundation
Sinclair Lewis
Pearl S. Buck
Eugene O'Neill
More Cold Weather Expected During Week
The forecast calls for continuing cold conditions with tonight's temperatures 10 to 15 degrees in the area and a tomorrow high of 25 to 30. Skies clear tonight, with clouds building tomorrow afternoon, and temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below normal across the state in the coming days.
Assassin Indicted On Murder Charge
A federal grand jury indicted Oscar Collazo, 37, Puerto Rican, for murder in the November 1 attempt on President Truman life. The four count indictment says Collazo and Griselio Torresola went to Blair House to murder the president. Coffelt, a White House guard, was killed. Torresola died in the exchange. Collazo was wounded. The case notes joint liability under DC law for deadly felonies.
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Washington
Oscar Collazo
Truman
Leslie Coffelt
White House
Collazo
Griselio Torresola
Blair House
Torresola
District of
Columa
Coffelt
District of Columbia
United States
GOP Given Edge In Heaviest Vote
Republicans secured about 52.3 percent of the off year vote as 40,727,213 ballots were cast, surpassing the previous non presidential year peak. Democrats trailed with roughly 46.3 percent, in a tally from state totals as counting continued.
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GOP
Washington
Typhoon expected to strike Taipei causing transport disruption
Formosa faces a powerful typhoon as authorities warn of potential impact on Taipei tonight. Air and sea transport services were interrupted as the storm's course remained uncertain and precautions were taken.
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Formosa
Taipei
Michigan Governor Race Recount Narrows Lead
Detroit reports show Gov. G. Mennen Williams, 39, a first term Democrat, gaining on rival Harry F. Kelly as county canvasses revise unofficial tallies. Williams leads by 543 to 557 votes with official canvass still pending. Detroit totals vary due to revised figures. Williams had a 357 vote margin in official tabulation, but errors and revisions spread across counties including a large adjustment in Macomb. Kelly, traveling in Kentucky, remained unavailable for comment.
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Detroit
G. Mennen Williams
Harry F. Kelly
Williams
Kelly
Wayne County
Macomb
Fred M. Alger Jr
Kentucky
Michigan
Stock Prices Held To Narrow Changes
Stock traders showed indecision in today’s market with a few issues swinging due to news developments while most stocks moved on a narrow price path. Grains posted more losses than gains though the margin remained modest with most changes under one dollar.
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New York
Monroe man recalls meeting Flannery in hospital visit
Pvt. Marvin I. Ingwell of Monroe, serving at Fairfield California, describes the wounded in Korea and urges local residents to back those who have fallen. He recounts visiting Pvt. James Flannery in Oakland, detailing injuries, morale, and hopes for a return home by next spring, while noting Ingwell's crash crew training.
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Ingwell
Flannery
Marvin I. Ingwell
Monroe
Air Force
Fairfield
Calif
James Flannery
Jim Flannery
Jim
Oakland
Korea
Government to rely on mandatory orders for industry control
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer said the full impact of rearmament will hit industry next spring or summer and the government will use mainly mandatory orders through the National Production Authority. He dismissed voluntary industry compacts as ineffective and promised to avoid rapid civilian output curtailment before military buying ramps up.
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Washington
Sawyer
National
NPA
New Tactic Used In CIO Telephone Strike
Striking telecom workers withdraw picket lines at some exchanges as union officials test a new push button tactic. Surprising roving pickets target select areas on specific days to pressure Western Electric for higher wages. Michigan workers return to duty as Wisconsin prepares anti strike measures and injunctions.
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New York
CIO Communications
Western Electric Co
Dallas
Denver
Newark
Michigan
Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Lawrence Gooding
State Employment Relations Board
Western Electric
Milwaukee
Riley Fischer
Nina Warren Rallies In Battle With Polio
Nina Warren, Gov Earl Warren’s youngest daughter, shows steady improvement in the infantile paralysis fight. Dr Junius B Harris reports the disease has not spread further but cautions she remains in serious danger until at least Sunday.
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Sacramento
Nina Warren
Junius B. Harris
Earl Warren
Three-Year-Old Dies In Farmhouse Fire Near Algoma
A three-year-old boy, Jerry Zimmerman of Green Bay, died in a blaze that destroyed his grandparents farm home near Algoma. The child was left alone in the house while Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zimmerman went to the barn to do chores.
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Algoma
Here
Jerry Zimmerman
Ray Zimmerman
Green Bay
Charles Zimmerman
Scranton Homefolk Reunion At Camp Atterbury
Operation Homefolk opens at Camp Atterbury Indiana with 450 Scranton relatives visiting the 109th Infantry Regiment now in federal service. Col Fred R Evans says the visit aims to dispel parental misunderstandings about the troops as the plan unfolds tonight and into tomorrow noon.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Scranton
109Th Infantry Regiment
Naional Guard
Fred R. Evans
New Rent Control Proposal Drafted For Congress
A proposed bill by the housing expediter aims to extend rent ceilings automatically from December 31 to March 31 and grant power to reimpose controls where shortages arise near military installations. President Truman has the draft, with about 8,000,000 rental units currently under ceilings.
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Washington
Congress
Tighe E. Woods
Truman
Small Styles Higher In Plymouth Trading
Cheese values were unchanged on cheddar trades and 4% higher on small styles with trading tone firm on the Wisconsin cheese exchange. Sales include seven cars cheddars 32 cents and three cars cheddars 31.5 cents. single daisies 34 cents and three cars single daisies 34 cents. Bids unfilled list several car lots with varied cheddar and daisies prices and Illinois No 1 cheddars at 31.5 cents. All Wisconsin state brand unless noted.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Illinois U. S
Wisconsin
Allies link U S Tenth Corps with Eighth Army in Korea
North Korean combat fronts show a seamless allied advance as U S Tenth Corps from the east connects with Eighth Army from the west near Tokchon. American air power pounds Red lines and tanks while Marines near Changjin dam mark a 175th anniversary advance with minimal opposition. Chinese troops in Manchuria are estimated between 60 000 and 300 000 as Security Council weighs actions while visas are issued for Chinese representatives to discuss Formosa charges.
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Seoul
North Korea
Eighth Army
William Jorden
Tokchon
Korea
Manchurian
U. S
Changjin
U.S. First Corps
Kilchu
U. S. Eighth Army
Yalu River
Manchuria
MacArthur
United Nations
Yalu
China
U. N. Security Council
Red China
Britain
France
U. S. State Department
Lake Success
Formosa
U S and Five Nations Press Urgent Korea Pullout
The United States and five other nations formally demanded the UN Security Council call for immediate withdrawal of Chinese communist forces from Korea. A resolution circulated before a council meeting reaffirms appeals for aid to North Korean communists. Sponsors include Britain France Cuba Norway and Ecuador.
Widow sues hotel over drink death of Rutherford Johnston
Anita Johnston, widow of 29 year old Rutherford Johnston of Watertown, sues the hotel and bartender Lansing Stoll in circuit court for 50000 dollars claiming her husband collapsed after consuming 18 Martinis on October 8 at the hotel bar.
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Jefferson
Rufus Johnston
Watertown
Johnston
Anita
Lansing Stoll
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Charles Brannan
Acheson
Frank A. Buehler
Z. A. Gorder
City Civilian Defense Council
W. S. MacDonald
P. J. Weirich
O. L. Hare
J. H. Schwaiger
H. L. Sickinger
Sand Joseph D. Viney
Frank W. Heinzelman
E. J. Norton
George R. Barry
State Medical Society Physicians Defense Preparations Committee
U.N
Marshall
Secretary of Defense
California
Thomas M. Dunphy
Sheldon Yarwood
Brooklyn
Ole Sandley
A. L. Miller
Decatur
A. S. Keen
Henry Rebly
Jordan
J. B. Scherer
Ray JT. Silver
Mt. Pleasant
Nic H. Kubly
New Glarus
Evert Green
Spring Grove
Sam Ludwig
Clarence W. Loveland
Oscar Paulson
York
Edward Killingstad
Ray G. Fritz
Belleville
H. J. Ellis
Wilbur Wells
Joshua J. Hoesly
Williaam Hahn
Leo M. Ties
Harry C. Young
F. F. Hartwig
Louis R. Wolleson
Vilas J. Rundhammer
William M. Rand
St. Louis
Monsanto Chemical Co
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Ways and Means
Wiley
Sinuiju
U.S
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